With India’s first biennale and first fully solar-powered airport in the world, not to mention the emergence of a strong start-up culture, quiet, pretty Kochi is in the national spotlight.
“Here lies the thriving town of Muchiri [Muziris], where the beautiful large ships of the Yavana come, bringing gold, splashing the white foam on the waters of the Periyar and then return, laden with pepper.”
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Aasheesh Sharma works with the opinion team at Hindustan Times. Over the last 20 years, he has worked with a wire service, newspapers, magazines and television. His story on the longest train journey in India was included in an anthology on train writings in 2014. ...view detail